maner

M3A1N1E1R1

proper noun

A surname.

OriginMiddle High German mener →
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Meanings

maner1

nounmaner (plural maners)

plural maners

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of manner.

    Thoſe teachers that be of the wiſer ſort, cal for their ſchoolage and minervals of their ſcholars, not all after one maner, but diverſly: a number of them, according as the preſent occaſion requireth, who promiſe not to make them wiſe men, and that within a yeere; […]

    1603, Plutarch, “The Contradictions of Stociek philoſophers”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 1068

maner2

nounmaner (plural maners)

plural maners

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of manor.

Maner3

proper nounManer (plural Maners)

plural Maners

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Middle High Germanmener“cattle driver”
  2. EnglishManer

From the German surname Mäner, from Middle High German mener (“cattle driver”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

MarneramenMarenremannamerErmanMernaenarm
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APA

maner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maner

MLA

“maner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maner. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maner.

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